The things that cause a lot of frustration, is the paperwork. We thought that if you drive to Africa, you get yourself a few visa, you just drive your iron horse to the border, you hand over soms baksjiesj to pay for a quick processing and that you celebrate your first meters in the new country with an impossible high exchange rate. Wrong! ...
Continue ReadingHi everybody, thanks to all who have sent us those wonderful good luck text messages! We’re still here though, so we’ll read them again when we actually leave 🙂 It’s been awhile since our last blog post, because we were busy. ‘Doing what?!’ you may think, ‘weren’t you guys unemployed and living with your parents?’ That’s ...
Continue ReadingThis is it! My last day in the office, four weeks after I have told my boss that I’d quit working as a manager at a large energy company in The Netherlands. While sitting at my desk I’m overlooking the office space that is getting quieter every minute. People are leaving early to start their Queensday pre-celebrations, or actually ...
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